[Daryl]

It’s about G.O.L.F. mechanics, not about people. I'm trying to learn and I don't care who’s’ picture is being used in the demonstration or what kind of golfer they are. I care only about the demonstration and I’m appreciative to all those who contribute to and maintain this website.

Since my return from Old Waverly I've been practicing Hinging and Finish Swivel by the only way I was taught and how it was demonstrated to me by all of the instructors at the seminar. I told VJ at Old Waverly that I would never be able to get it because I was just not physically capable of getting my hands and arms that far through the ball without swiveling prematurely. I play the ball opposite my left shoulder with every club. But I stuck with it for two weeks with my flashlight, dowels and the impact bag. I gave up ten times. My first visit to the short game area of the local practice facility was this morning and I planned on only using an acquired motion stroke and work only on hinging. After stretching, I aligned myself and all the clubs laid out facing the sun and visualized how far ahead my arms and hands had to be to complete the hinge motion prior to full extension. I dropped 20 balls 40 yards out and started. It was miserable. Then another 20 balls and another. A little better. I decided to keep trying. The line of sight to my hands at the end of the hinge position was about 18 inches beyond my left foot but I was swinging a little differently and it felt like one of the Edz drills I’ve been practicing for months and months and my hands were getting there and I started to hit the ball. The drill where you let your left arm fall down to the ball, the karate chop and the wheel rim. I picked up the balls and went to 80 yards. Hit every one. #3 pressure point, trace the plane line, inside aft quadrant of the ball, etc. Then I went to 150 yards and I hit every one and had 60 balls on the green. It works. The swivel after the hinge action was on automatic as was a full finish and my left wrist did not bend during the swivel. It became clear to me that the Flying Wedges are aligned from start-up throughout till the end of the hinge action and yet most of the time it felt like they were aligned throughout the whole stroke. If they lose their alignment or feel at all during the swing it isn’t until the finish swivel but then you get them back again at the finish. I went to the range and hit 10 drives seeing how far I can get my hands ahead at impact (ok, there is a limit). Every club has the same swing feeling. Wheel rim all the way through and past the ball, don’t lose the wedges, hit down hard, heavy through the ball, right forearm and shoulder on plane deep into impact (so that’s what a Pivot Stroke is), hips clear. Don’t try to hit the ball. Hit through the ball. The acceleration is so smooth. The shaft bends and vibrates. I’ve never hinged before. I have been swinging like a baseball player for thirty years and swiveling through impact. The Edz drill changed my swing and now I can hinge. I discovered how far the hands travel during the hinging motion from impact to finish swivel. And it is far. Sometimes my focus was at the end of the Hinge motion, sometimes the starting position and motion of the swivel. But more importantly, by the end of the practice session, that’s where my thoughts were focused and not impact.